Kuwait vs OECD members: Prevalence of overweight, female
Kuwait
77.9%
in 2022
OECD members
52.6%
in 2022
Kuwait rank
15th
OECD members rank
14th
Prevalence of overweight, female over time
- Kuwait
- OECD members
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 77.9% against 52.6% in OECD members, a difference of 25.3%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.5 times OECD members's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 15th and OECD members ranks 14th of 196 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.0% | 42.2% | 30.8% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 77.7% | 47.1% | 30.6% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 78.2% | 50.4% | 27.8% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 52.3% | 25.6% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of overweight, female, Kuwait or OECD members?
- Kuwait, at 77.9% against 52.6% in OECD members as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of overweight, female between Kuwait and OECD members?
- 25.3%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and OECD members?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Kuwait and OECD members rank globally for prevalence of overweight, female?
- Kuwait ranks 15th and OECD members ranks 14th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/), published as Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Prevalence of overweight female adults is the percentage of females ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.